Summer Intern 2024- Dairy and Dairy Alternatives Applications

Global Applications - Dairy and Dairy Alternatives Applications Team

The Applications intern will support new product development projects in specific applications areas, including Dairy Applications and Alternative (Plant-based) Dairy Applications. The Applications intern will be aiding in pilot-scale and lab-scale trials to develop formulation and processing expertise in dairy-type food applications utilizing Ingredion’s technology. The Applications intern will conduct application testing relevant to dairy products on finished prototypes to understand functionality and performance in given food systems.

During your internship, you will execute a project aligned to Ingredion’s strategy that will be essential in building knowledge of Ingredion’s products in food applications. You will belong to a diverse team of food scientists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers. You will learn how to apply scientific principles to develop experiments, formulate and process food applications, and interpret data to gain a deep understanding of ingredient performance in-application. You will be given the opportunity to interact with senior management and colleagues across the organization, beyond R&D. Upon completion of the summer, you will present a summary of your project to a broad cross-functional team, at multi-levels.

As the R &D Intern-Applications, your responsibilities will include:

• Operating dairy-specific laboratory equipment safely and with little direct supervision to support project needs after receiving appropriate training
• Maintaining a clean, safe work environment; following guidelines for good housekeeping and safety
• Conducting searches on prior art (literature, patents), and current technology including competitive activity on related projects, and summarizing the outcomes in appropriate report
• Presenting project status, updates, and outcomes to team and key partners
• Working collaboratively with others in laboratory; effectively communicating with colleagues, project teams, including cross-functional team members, and key partners
• Performing dairy-specific laboratory experiments, conduct data analysis and interpret results to make recommendations to project team and support the project
• Coordinating, summarizing and reporting data generated from these experiments in a clear and succinct manner
• Presenting research findings to team with recommendations for future New Product Development or Applied Research projects at completion of internship period

The R &D Intern-Applications position is well suited for you if you:

• Are an ambitious individual who loves to see and create results
• Are able to work collaboratively with peers and others
• Demonstrate creative problem-solving ability with a results-driven mindset through proven organization and time management skills
• Have proven ability to deliver under agreed upon deadlines
• Have demonstrated interest or experience related to the development, processing and measurement of dairy and dairy alternative products, including relevant coursework

Qualified candidates will need to have:

• Progress towards a Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field with laboratory research experience
• Ability to work safely in a laboratory environment
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written technical communication skills, e.g. making presentations and writing technical data/reports
• Working knowledge of basic computer software applications such as MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Ability to work 40 hours per week during the summer internship term

To be eligible for consideration, candidates must:

• Currently possess unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. Ingredion does not intend to sponsor work visas with respect to this position or to provide this position as OPT or CPT.
• Be a currently enrolled student in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program. If currently enrolled in an undergraduate status, must have completed at least two years of coursework with status as a sophomore, junior or non-graduating senior.
• If you have completed your degree, please consider other opportunities with Ingredion, posted at www.ingredion.com/careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, military status, or disability status.

Relocation Available:
No

Ingredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

We turn grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant materials into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. Our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today's consumers.

Grounded in our values of Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owner's Mindset, we employ approximately 12,000 employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 120 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, paper and corrugating, brewing and other industries.